Tonight it was raining REALLY hard, which is not really anything new for Texas. We get some pretty awesome thunder storms and I love them. Well, Nate thought he left the window down on his truck and was worried he would get wet if he went out there to put it up! PUH-LEASE! Like he has hair to mess up or something? Anyways, he insisted on putting on a garbage bag to “protect” him from the rain. He was so proud of himself (had to show off his abs) and got maybe a whole 3 raindrops on him.
Anyways, I was getting ready for bed when Nate came in and told me Dad had just called from work and we had to wake up Autumn and go get in the closet under the stairs b/c he was watching the news and it showed there were tornados forming right near where we live. So, we went and had to empty out all the winter coats and all the luggage we store under the stairs and get in. I was laughing the whole time and saying, “Yeah, right. There’s no tornado.” I said that b/c we still had electricity and even the TV was still working. Emma wanted to get in the closet with us.
While we were in there we looked through our 24 hour emergency back pack. There was a piece of paper in there (the one I’m holding up) saying what was in the backpack and I noticed it had written at the top that we got it in May of 1994!!! Our emergency bag is over 14 years old! We looked through it and there were some alcohol pads that were all dried out and Nate found a little package from an MRE (that’s a military meal and it stands for Meal Ready to Eat). He opened it and started eating the fruit mix. He said it tasted really good. Anyways, I’m so glad that we didn’t have any damage, b/c the county just north of us had some major damage. It was a fun experience to at least know we were somewhat prepared in case something happened. Next time we’re just going to hide in my bathroom so we don’t have to put back all the luggage and coats. I think we need to update our 24 hour emergency backpack, though…14 years old??? LOL!
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